Worldwide, the microfinance community is paying more attention to consumer protection. Controversial topics, such as high interest rates and the over-indebtedness of borrowers, have raised public concern for poor consumers in countries far and wide. Yet, relatively little is known about how consumer protection might apply to financial services for the poor. Moral arguments for consumer protection in microfinance focus on the imbalance of power between...
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Protecting microfinance borrowers
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Helms,Brigit S.; Porteous,David John.
Protecting microfinance borrowers (English). CGAP focus note ; no. 27 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/816351468140397916